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Constables (GD) in Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), NIA, SSF and Rifleman

Constables (GD) in Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), NIA, SSF and Rifleman

Government of India,
Ministry of Personnel, Public
Grievances & Pensions,
Department of Personnel and Training,
Staff Selection Commission,
Block No. 12, CGO Complex, Lodhi
Road, New Delhi – 110003

(Website of the Commission: : https://ssc.nic.in)

NOTICE

Constables (GD) in Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), NIA, SSF and
Rifleman (GD) in Assam Rifles Examination, 2021

Dates for submission of online applications: 17.07.2021 to 31.08.2021
Last date and time for receipt of online applications: 31.08.2021 (23:30)
Last date and time for making online fee payment: 02.09.2021 (23:30)
Last date and time for generation of offline Challan: 04.09.2021 (23:30)
Last date for payment through Challan (during working hours of Bank): 07.09.2021
Schedule of Computer Based Examination (Tier-I): To be informed later

“GOVERNMENT STRIVES TO HAVE A WORKFORCE WHICH REFLECTS GENDER
BALANCE AND WOMEN CANDIDATES ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY”

F. No. 3-1/2020-P&P-I

   The Staff Selection Commission will conduct an open
competitive examination for recruitment to the posts of Constable (General Duty) in
Border Security Force (BSF), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Indo Tibetan
Border Police (ITBP), Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), Secretariat Security Force (SSF)
and Rifleman (General Duty) in Assam Rifles (AR) as per the Recruitment Scheme
formulated by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and as per the Memorandum of
Understanding signed between Ministry of Home Affairs and the Staff Selection
Commission. The recruitment process will consist of Computer Based Examination
(CBE), Physical Efficiency Test (PET), Physical Standard Test (PST), Medical
Examination and Document Verification. The salient features of the recruitment are
as under:
1.1            The Examination will be advertised by SSC based on vacancies intimated
by MHA.
1.2          Applications will be accepted through on-line mode only.

1.3          Computer Based Examination (CBE) will be conducted by the Commission
only in English and Hindi.
1.4          Physical Efficiency Test (PET)/ Physical Standard Test (PST)/ Detailed
Medical Examination (DME)/ Review Medical Examination (RME) will be
scheduled and conducted by the CAPFs.
1.5          Collection of required eligibility certificates/ documents from the candidates
and their verification will be carried out at the time of Detailed Medical
Examination (DME) by the CAPFs.
1.6          Vacancies of Constable (GD) in SSF will be filled on All India basis
whereas vacancies in all other CAPFs will be filled as per the vacancies
available in various States/ UTs. In addition, vacancies are earmarked for
the Border Guarding Districts and Militancy/ Naxal affected Districts which
are reserved for the candidates of these districts only.
1.7           The list containing names of Border Guarding Districts and Militancy/
Naxal affected Districts are available at Annexure-X and Annexure-XI.
1.8          Final result along with force allocation will be declared by the Commission
based on the performance of candidates in the Computer Based
Examination subject to their qualifying the Physical Standard Test,
Physical Efficiency Test, Medical Examination and other conditions
stipulated in the Notice of Examination.
1.9        Court cases/ RTI/ Public Grievances relating to Notice of Examination,
of Computer Based Examination, preparation of merit list and
force allocation of selected candidates will be handled by SSC and those
relating to all other issues namely scheme of examination, vacancies,
conduct of PET/ PST, DME/ RME, Document Verification etc. will be
handled by coordinating CAPFs/ MHA.
1.10   Admit Card for any stage of examination will not be sent by Post. Facility
for download of Admit Cards will be provided at the websites of Regional
Offices of the Commission as well as on the website of CRPF i.e.
          http://www.crpf.gov.in. Candidates are advised to regularly visit the
websites of the Commission i.e. https://www.ssc.nic.in, Regional Office
concerned and the Nodal CAPF i.e. CRPF for the updates on examination
process and download of Admit Cards for each stage of examination.

2 Pay Scale: Pay Level-3 (Rs 21700-69100)

3 Vacancies: The details of vacancies are as follows:

3.1 The vacancies are Tentative. Any change in the number of vacancies will
be intimated through the website of the Commission.
3.2 10% vacancies are earmarked for Ex-servicemen (ESM). If suitable ESM
candidates are not available, vacancies reserved for ESM will be filled by
non-ESM candidates of respective categories.
3.3 As the vacancies in CAPFs have been earmarked States/ UT-wise,
candidates are required to submit Domicile/ Permanent Residential
Certificate of the State/ UT indicated by them in the online Application
Form at the time of DME/ Documents Verification failing which his/her
candidature will be cancelled forthwith and the candidate will not be
allowed to appear in the Detailed Medical Examination. If a candidate
produces Domicile/ Permanent Resident Certificate (PRC) issued by a
State other than the State mentioned in his/ her application, he/ she shall
not be allowed to change the State at the time of Document Verification
and his/ her candidature shall be cancelled straightaway. Therefore
Candidates should fill the Application Form very carefully.
3.4 Candidates selected for appointment are liable to serve anywhere in India.
3.5 The appointment of candidates after selection is subject to availability of
seats in training facilities of various CAPFs. As such, candidates may be
appointed in phases in accordance with availability of training space. The
Joining and in-service issues, seniority, training, etc will be regulated in
accordance with the rules and regulations of various Organizations.
4 Nationality/ Citizenship: Candidate must be a citizen of India. Vacancies are
state/ UT wise hence a candidate must submit domicile/ PRC against his state/
UT.
5 Age Limit: 18-23 years as on 01.08.2021. Candidates should not have been
born earlier than 02.08.1998 and later than 01.08.2003.
5.1 Permissible relaxations in upper age limit for different categories are as
under:

5.2 Date of Birth filled by the candidate in the online application form and the
same recorded in the Matriculation/ Secondary Examination Certificate will
be accepted by the Commission for determining the age and no
subsequent request for change will be considered or granted.
5.3 Ex-Servicemen (ESM) who have already secured employment in civil side
under Government on regular basis after availing of the benefits of
reservation given to ex-servicemen for their re-employment are not eligible
for reservation in ESM category and fee concession. However, he can
avail the benefit of reservation as ex-serviceman for subsequent
employment if he immediately after joining civil employment, has given
self-declaration/ undertaking to the concerned employer about the datewise details of applications for various vacancies for which he had applied
for before joining the initial civil employment as mentioned in the OM No.
36034/1/2014-Estt (Res) dated 14th August 2014 issued by DoP&T.
5.4 The period of “Call up Service” of an Ex-Serviceman in the Armed Forces
shall also be treated as service rendered in the Armed Forces for the
purpose of age relaxation.
5.5 For any serviceman of the three Armed Forces of the Union to be treated
as Ex-Serviceman for the purpose of securing the benefits of reservation,
he must have already acquired, at the relevant time of submitting his
application for the Post/ Service, the status of ex-serviceman or is in a
position to establish his acquired entitlement by documentary evidence
from the competent authority that he would complete specified term of
engagement with the Armed Forces within the stipulated period of one
year from the closing date of receipt of applications. Such candidates must
also acquire the status of an ex-serviceman within the stipulated period of
one year from the closing date of receipt of applications. The decision on
the issue of eligibility of ex-servicemen shall be governed by the decision
taken by the DoP&T on the judgment of Hon’ble Delhi High Court in Writ
Petition (C) No. 520/2020 dated 01.12.2020.

5.6 Explanation:

: An ‘ex-serviceman’ means a person:
5.6.1 Who has served in any rank whether as a combatant or non-combatant
in the Regular Army, Navy or Air Force of the Indian Union, and
a. who either has been retired or relieved or discharged from such
service whether at his own request or being relieved by the
employer after earning his or her pension; or
b. who has been relieved from such service on medical grounds
attributable to military service or circumstances beyond his control
and awarded medical or other disability pension; or
c. who has been released from such service as a result of reduction
in establishment;

or
5.6.2 Who has been released from such service after completing the specific
period of engagement, otherwise than at his own request, or by way of
dismissal, or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency and
has been given a gratuity; and includes personnel of the Territorial
Army, namely, pension holders for continuous embodied service or
broken spells of qualifying service;
or
5.6.3 Personnel of the Army Postal Service who are part of Regular Army
and retired from the Army Postal Service without reversion to their
parent service with pension, or are released from the Army Postal
service on medical grounds attributable to or aggravated by military
service or circumstance beyond their control and awarded medical or
other disability pension;
or
5.6.4 Personnel, who were on deputation in Army Postal Service for more
than six months prior to the 14th April, 1987;
or
5.6.5 Gallantry award winners of the Armed forces including personnel of
Territorial Army;
or
5.6.6 Ex-recruits boarded out or relieved on medical ground and granted
medical disability pension.
5.7 The persons serving in the Armed Forces of the Union, who on retirement
from service, would come under the category of ex-serviceman will be
permitted to apply for re-employment one year before the completion of
the specified term of engagement and avail themselves of all concessions
available to ex-servicemen but shall not be permitted to leave the uniform
until they complete the specified term of engagement in the Armed Forces
of the Union.
5.8 Age concession/ reservation is not admissible to sons, daughters and
dependents of ex-servicemen. Therefore such candidates should not
indicate their category as ex-servicemen.
5.9 Children means:
5.9.1 son (including adopted son) or
5.9.2 daughter (including adopted daughter)
5.10 Dependent family member means:
5.10.1 spouse or
5.10.2 children or
5.10.3 brother or sister in the case of unmarried victim who was wholly
dependent on that victim at the time of his getting killed in the riots
would be eligible. In order to be eligible for upper age relaxation in the category 04/ 05/ 06, the applicant should produce a certificate to that
effect from the concerned District Collector/ District Magistrate wherein
the victim was killed.

6 Process of Certification and format of certificates:

6.1 Candidates who wish to be considered against vacancies reserved/ or
seek age-relaxation are required to submit requisite certificate from the
competent authority, in the prescribed format, when such certificates are
sought by concerned CAPFs for document verification at the time of DME.
Otherwise, their claim for SC/ ST/ OBC/ EWS category will not be
entertained and their candidature/ applications will be considered under
Un-reserved (UR) category. Further, if a candidate has sought any other
age-relaxation or claimed ESM status and is not able to produce the
relevant certificate, he will be considered in his respective category i.e.
SC/ ST/ OBC/ EWS/ UR. The formats of the certificates are annexed with
the Notice of Examination.

6.2 A candidate belonging to a caste of SC, ST or OBC category, on
migration from one State to another State will have to make an
informed choice whether to get the benefit of reservation in the State
of origin or to appear as unreserved candidate from the State of
migration. Such choice will have to be exercised by the candidate in
the online Application Form. No request for change of such option,
after the submission of Application Form, will be entertained by the
Commission. In case, a candidate opts to avail the benefit of
reservation from the State of origin, he will have to submit
information about the District and State of his origin as well as the
District and State of his current domicile in the Application Form and
his candidature will be considered from the State of origin. Such
candidates will not be required to submit Domicile Certificate from
the State of origin.

6.3 Crucial date for claiming SC/ ST/ OBC/ EWS status will be the closing
date for receipt of online applications.
6.4 A person seeking appointment on the basis of reservation to OBCs must
ensure that he possesses the caste/ community certificate and does not
fall in creamy layer on the crucial date.
6.5 Candidates may also note that in respect of the above, their candidature
will remain provisional till the veracity of the concerned document is
verified by the Appointing Authority. Candidates are cautioned that they
will be debarred from the examinations conducted by the Commission in
case they fraudulently claim SC/ ST/ OBC/ EWS/ ESM status or avail any
other benefit.
6.6 Candidates will be considered for recruitment in their respective State/ UT
on production of valid “Domicile/ Permanent Residential Certificate (PRC)”
issued by the competent authority so authorized by the concerned State/
UT to prove their domiciliary status at the time of Documents Verification
(DV) failing which his candidature will be cancelled forthwith. The
Domicile/ PRC certificate must be of the State/ UT indicated by the candidates in their online Application Form, failing which, their candidature
will be cancelled forthwith.
6.7 Since the State of Assam is not issuing Domicile Certificate/ Permanent
Residence Certificate, candidates belonging to the state of Assam are not
required to submit the same. However, their selection will be subject to
verification of residential status from the concerned District Authorities.
6.8 West Pakistani Refugees (WPR) who have settled in Jammu & Kashmir
and Ladakh but have not been given the status of citizens of the UTs will
be recruited without the condition of having a domicile certificate from the
designated authority of the J&K and Ladakh UTs. However such
candidates will be required to submit a Nativity/ Identity Certificate for the
WPR as per Annexure-XII.

7 Educational Qualifications (As on 01.08.2021):

7.1 The candidates must have passed Matriculation or 10th Class Examination
from a recognized Board/ University.
7.2 Candidates who have not acquired the essential educational qualification
as on the stipulated date will not be eligible and need not apply.
7.3 As per Ministry of Human Resource Development Notification dated
10-06-2015 published in the Gazette of India all the degrees/ diplomas/
certificates awarded through Open and Distance Learning mode of
education by the Universities established by an Act of Parliament or State
Legislature, Institutions Deemed to be Universities under Section 3 of the
University Grants Commission Act, 1956 and Institutions of National
Importance declared under an Act of Parliament stand automatically
recognized for the purpose of employment to posts and services under the
Central Government provided they have been approved by the Distance
Education Bureau, University Grants Commission. Accordingly, unless
such degrees are recognized for the relevant period when the candidates
acquired the qualification, they will not be accepted for the purpose of
Educational Qualification.
7.4 All the candidates who are called for Document Verification will be
required to produce the relevant Certificates such as Mark sheets,
Provisional Certificates etc. for completion of Matriculation in original as
proof of having acquired the minimum educational qualification on or
before the cut-off date, failing which the candidature of such candidates
will be cancelled by the Commission. The candidates who are able to
prove, by documentary evidence, that the result of the qualifying
examination was declared on or before the cut-off date and he has been
declared passed, will also be considered to meet the educational
qualification

It is reiterated that the result of requisite educational
qualification must have been declared by the Board/ Institute/
University by the specified date. Mere processing of the result by the
Board/ University/ Institute by the cut-off date does not fulfill the EQ
requirement.

6.3 Crucial date for claiming SC/ ST/ OBC/ EWS status will be the closing
date for receipt of online applications.
6.4 A person seeking appointment on the basis of reservation to OBCs must
ensure that he possesses the caste/ community certificate and does not
fall in creamy layer on the crucial date.
6.5 Candidates may also note that in respect of the above, their candidature
will remain provisional till the veracity of the concerned document is
verified by the Appointing Authority. Candidates are cautioned that they
will be debarred from the examinations conducted by the Commission in
case they fraudulently claim SC/ ST/ OBC/ EWS/ ESM status or avail any
other benefit.
6.6 Candidates will be considered for recruitment in their respective State/ UT
on production of valid “Domicile/ Permanent Residential Certificate (PRC)”
issued by the competent authority so authorized by the concerned State/
UT to prove their domiciliary status at the time of Documents Verification
(DV) failing which his candidature will be cancelled forthwith. The
Domicile/ PRC certificate must be of the State/ UT indicated by the

candidates in their online Application Form, failing which, their candidature
will be cancelled forthwith.
6.7 Since the State of Assam is not issuing Domicile Certificate/ Permanent
Residence Certificate, candidates belonging to the state of Assam are not
required to submit the same. However, their selection will be subject to
verification of residential status from the concerned District Authorities.
6.8 West Pakistani Refugees (WPR) who have settled in Jammu & Kashmir
and Ladakh but have not been given the status of citizens of the UTs will
be recruited without the condition of having a domicile certificate from the
designated authority of the J&K and Ladakh UTs. However such
candidates will be required to submit a Nativity/ Identity Certificate for the
WPR as per Annexure-XII.
7 Educational Qualifications (As on 01.08.2021):
7.1 The candidates must have passed Matriculation or 10th Class Examination
from a recognized Board/ University.
7.2 Candidates who have not acquired the essential educational qualification
as on the stipulated date will not be eligible and need not apply.
7.3 As per Ministry of Human Resource Development Notification dated
10-06-2015 published in the Gazette of India all the degrees/ diplomas/
certificates awarded through Open and Distance Learning mode of
education by the Universities established by an Act of Parliament or State
Legislature, Institutions Deemed to be Universities under Section 3 of the
University Grants Commission Act, 1956 and Institutions of National
Importance declared under an Act of Parliament stand automatically
recognized for the purpose of employment to posts and services under the
Central Government provided they have been approved by the Distance
Education Bureau, University Grants Commission. Accordingly, unless
such degrees are recognized for the relevant period when the candidates
acquired the qualification, they will not be accepted for the purpose of
Educational Qualification.
7.4 All the candidates who are called for Document Verification will be
required to produce the relevant Certificates such as Mark sheets,
Provisional Certificates etc. for completion of Matriculation in original as
proof of having acquired the minimum educational qualification on or
before the cut-off date, failing which the candidature of such candidates
will be cancelled by the Commission. The candidates who are able to
prove, by documentary evidence, that the result of the qualifying
examination was declared on or before the cut-off date and he has been
declared passed, will also be considered to meet the educational qualification

It is reiterated that the result of requisite educational
qualification must have been declared by the Board/ Institute/
University by the specified date. Mere processing of the result by the
Board/ University/ Institute by the cut-off date does not fulfill the EQ
requirement.

7.5 Incentive to NCC Certificate Holders:

The incentive to ‘NCC Certificate’
holders will be granted at the following scales:

7.5.1. The benefit to NCC Certificate Holder will only be given on
production of the original certificate supporting their claims at the
time of document verification. However, till the verification of NCC
Certificate, bonus marks will be awarded provisionally as per the
claim of candidate in the online application form.
7.5.2. The crucial date for this purpose will be the closing date of receipt
of online applications.
7.5.3. This benefit is not available for Ex-servicemen

8 How to apply:

8.1 Applications must be submitted in online mode at the official website of the
Commission i.e. https://ssc.nic.in. For detailed instructions, please refer to
Annexure-I and Annexure-II of this Notice. Sample Performa of One-time
Registration and online Application Form are attached as Annexure-IA and
Annexure-IIA respectively.
8.2 In the online Application Form, candidates are required to upload the
scanned colour passport size photograph in JPEG format (20 KB to 50 KB).

The photograph should not be more than three months old from the
date of publication of the Notice of Examination, and, the date on
which the photograph has been taken should be clearly printed on the
photograph. Applications without such date printed on the photograph
will be rejected.

Image dimension of the photograph should be about 3.5
cm (width) x 4.5 cm (height). The photograph should be without cap,
spectacles and both ears should be visible.
8.3 Last date and time for submission of online applications is 31-08-2021
(23:30).
8.4 Candidates are advised in their own interest to submit online
applications much before the closing date and not to wait till the last
date to avoid the possibility of disconnection/ inability or failure to
login to the SSC website on account of heavy load on the website
during the closing days.
8.5 The Commission will not be responsible for the candidates not being able to
submit their applications within the last date on account of the aforesaid
reasons or for any other reason beyond the control of the Commission.
8.6 Before submission of the online application, candidates must check that
they have filled correct details in each field of the form. After submission of
the online application form, no change/ correction/ modification will be allowed under any circumstances. Requests received in this regard in any
form like Post, Fax, Email, by hand, etc. shall not be entertained.

9 Application Fee: 

9.1 Fee payable: Rs 100/- (Rs one hundred only).
9.2 Women candidates and candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes (SC),
Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Ex-servicemen (ESM) eligible for reservation are
exempted from payment of fee.
9.3 Fee can be paid online through BHIM UPI, Net Banking, by using Visa,
Mastercard, Maestro, RuPay Credit or Debit cards or through cash in SBI
Branches by generating SBI Challan.
9.4 Online fee can be paid by the candidates up to 02.09.2021 (23:30 hours).
However, candidates who wish to make the cash payment through Challan
of SBI, may make the payment in cash at the Branches of SBI within the
working hours of the bank up to 07.09.2021 provided the Challan has been
generated by them before 04.09.2021 (23:30 hours).
9.5 Candidates who are not exempted from fee payment must ensure that their
fee has been deposited with SSC. If the fee is not received by SSC, status
of Application Form is shown as ‘Incomplete’ and this information is printed
on the top of the Application Form printout. Further, status of fee payment
can be verified at the ‘Payment Status” link provided in the candidate’s login
screen. Such applications which remain incomplete due to non-receipt of fee
will be SUMMARILY REJECTED and no request for consideration of such
applications and fee payment after the period specified in the Notice of
Examination shall be entertained.
9.6 Fee once paid shall not be refunded under any circumstances nor will it be
adjusted against any other examination or selection.
10 Centres of Examination:
10.1 A candidate must indicate the Centre(s) in the online Application Form in
which he/ she desires to take the examination. Details about the
Examination Centres and Regional Offices under whose jurisdiction these
Examination Centres are located are as follows:

10.2 A candidate has to give option for three centres, in the order of priority,
within the same Region. No request for change of centre will be considered
later under any circumstances. Hence, the candidates should select the
centres carefully and indicate the same correctly in their applications.
10.3 The Commission will endeavour to accommodate the candidates in centres
opted by them. However, the Commission reserves the right to cancel any
Centre and ask the candidates of that centre to appear from another centre.
The Commission also reserves the right to include additional centres of examination and divert candidates of any centre to some other Centre to
take the examination.
10.4 Centre of Computer Based Examination, PET/ PST or Detailed Medical
Examination (DME)/ Review Medical Examination (RME) will not be a
criterion for selection of the candidates against vacancies of the State/ UT in
which such centres are located. Domicile Certificate/ PRC will be the sole
criterion for this purpose.

11 Scheme of Examination:

11.1 Computer Based Examination: 

The Computer based examination will
consist of one objective type paper containing 100 questions carrying 100
marks, with the following composition:

11.1.1 All questions will be of Objective Multiple Choice Type. The
computer based examination will be conducted in English and Hindi
only.
11.1.2 There will be negative marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong
answer. Candidates are, therefore, advised to keep this in mind
while answering the questions.
11.1.3 The dates of examinations will be informed to candidates only
through the website of the Commission.
11.1.4 There shall be no provision for re-evaluation/ re-checking of the
scores. No correspondence in this regard shall be entertained.
11.1.5 Marks scored by candidates in the Computer Based Examination
will be normalized by using the formula published by the
Commission through Notice No: 1-1/2018-P&P-I dated 07-02-2019
and such normalized scores along with the bonus marks for NCC
Certificate holders will be used to determine final merit and cut-off
marks.
11.1.6 Tentative Answer Keys of the Computer Based Examination will be
placed on the website of the Commission after the Examination.
Candidates may go through the Answer Keys and submit online

representations, if any, within the stipulated time limit on payment of
Rs 100/- per question. Representations received through any other
mode e.g. letter, application, email, etc. will not be entertained.
Representations regarding the Answer Keys will be scrutinized
before finalizing the Answer Keys and the decision of the
Commission in this regard will be final.
11.1.7 The questions in the Computer Based Examination will be of
Matriculation level.
11.1.8 Walk-through video/ Mock Test on the Computer Based
Examination has been provided on the website of the Commission
in the ‘Candidate’s Corner’ Section.
11.1.9 Candidates are not permitted to use calculators and other electronic
gadgets. They should not, therefore, bring the same inside the
Examination Hall/ Lab.
11.1.10 The syllabus for the Examination will be as follows:
11.1.10.1 General Intelligence and Reasoning: Analytical aptitude
and ability to observe and distinguish patterns will be tested
through questions principally of non-verbal type. This
component may include questions on analogies, similarities
and differences, spatial visualization, spatial orientation,
visual memory, discrimination, observation, relationship
concepts, arithmetical reasoning and figural classification,
arithmetic number series, non-verbal series, coding and
decoding, etc.
11.1.10.2 General Knowledge and General Awareness: Questions
in this component will be aimed at testing the candidate’s
general awareness of the environment around him.
Questions will also be designed to test knowledge of current
events and of such matters of every day observations and
experience in their scientific aspect as may be expected of
any educated person. The test will also include questions
relating to India and its neighboring countries especially
pertaining to sports, History, Culture, Geography, Economic
Scene, General Polity, Indian Constitution, and scientific
Research etc. These Questions will be such that they do not
require a special study of any discipline.
11.1.10.3 Elementary Mathematics: This paper will include questions
on problems relating to Number Systems, Computation of
Whole Numbers, Decimals and Fractions and relationship
between Numbers, Fundamental arithmetical operations,
Percentages, Ratio and Proportion, Averages, Interest, Profit
and Loss, Discount, Mensuration, Time and Distance, Ratio
and Time, Time and Work, etc.
11.1.10.4 English/ Hindi: Candidates’ ability to understand basic
English/ Hindi and his basic comprehension would be tested.

mmission. Physical Efficiency Test (PET) and Physical Standard
Test (PST) will be conducted at various centres finalized by the CAPFs.
Detailed scrutiny of candidates’ eligibility/ documents will be undertaken at
the time of DME. Therefore, it will be the responsibility of the candidates to
verify their eligibility as prescribed in this notice before appearing for CBE/
PST/ PET. During PET/ PST, candidates who are found eligible on height
parameters will undergo PET (race) followed by biometric/ technology
aided identification. Scrutiny of eligibility of candidates for any relaxation
i.e. age, height and chest measurement will be carried out after qualifying
PET (race) before PST by CAPFs PET/ PST Boards.
11.3 Ex-servicemen who are shortlisted in the Computer Based Examination for
PET/ PST will have to appear in PET/ PST for recording measurement of
height, chest and weight only. PET will not be held for these Exservicemen candidates. However, they will have to qualify the medical
examination.
11.4 Physical Efficiency Test (PET): Candidates have to clear the race within
the following time limits:

11.4.1 A women candidate, who as a result of tests is found to be pregnant
of 12 weeks standing or over, shall be declared temporarily unfit
and appointment be held in abeyance until the confinement is over.
The vacancy against which a woman candidate was selected will be
kept reserved for her. She will be re-examined for Physical
Efficiency Test (PET) six weeks after the date of confinement,
subject to the production of medical certificate of fitness from a
registered medical practitioner. If she is found fit, she may be
appointed to the post kept reserved for and allowed the benefit of
seniority in accordance with the instructions of the government, as
amended from time to time.

11.5 Physical Standard Test (PST):

Physical Standards for the posts are as follows

11.5.1 Height:

11.5.1.1 Male: 170 cms
11.5.1.2 Female: 157 cms
11.5.1.3 Few categories of candidates are allowed relaxation in
heights mentioned above. Relaxed standard of height for
such candidates are as follows: